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Re: Project Slow - Audi A3 8P 2.0 TDI...
« Reply #280 on: 12 December 2010, 10:59 »
Looks great, I love the wheels!

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Re: Project Slow - Audi A3 8P 2.0 TDI...
« Reply #281 on: 12 December 2010, 11:05 »
Thanks mate! They weren't even really one of the options that I wanted for wheels but they have grown on me :smiley:

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Re: Project Slow - Audi A3 8P 2.0 TDI...
« Reply #282 on: 12 December 2010, 15:35 »
I "only" paid £500 for my reps in 18'' (without rubber, just over a grand with Goodyear Eagle F1 Assyms)

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« Reply #283 on: 12 December 2010, 17:32 »
Ah sweet, I will probably wait til I need new tyres before I change wheels! Want to get proper winter tyres on my standard se wheels for next winter :rolleyes:

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Re: Project Slow - Audi A3 8P 2.0 TDI...
« Reply #284 on: 13 December 2010, 10:54 »
Thinking dewipering is the next move as I don't ever use it anyway :rolleyes:

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Re: Project Slow - Audi A3 8P 2.0 TDI...
« Reply #285 on: 13 December 2010, 11:19 »
Are your wheels the original Audi finish or have they been refurbed? They look slightly darker than mine  :undecided:

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Re: Project Slow - Audi A3 8P 2.0 TDI...
« Reply #286 on: 13 December 2010, 11:37 »
Are your wheels the original Audi finish or have they been refurbed? They look slightly darker than mine  :undecided:

Yeah they have been (poorly) refurbed in the past before :)

Where they were done, the paint is chipping off in places to reveal the lighter silver underneath. Really need to pull my finger out and refurb them but I'm holding off til spring time when its warmer! All of them are curbed from a previous owner of the car they came from and look a state up close, but they will do for now. I think they're reps anyway as the have a slight concave on the face and are 8.5" wide et38, whereas I think the standard ones are 7" and a higher offset :huh: Not too sure.. but they came off an A4 so the fronts poke slightyl :rolleyes: Could do with 3 or 5 mm spacers on the back to level it out really, adding to the list :sad:
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Re: Project Slow - Audi A3 8P 2.0 TDI...
« Reply #287 on: 13 December 2010, 11:40 »
This is them on the A4 with slightly bigger tyres before I got them:



That car is now on some Merc rims, and looks pretty sweet :evil:

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Re: Project Slow - Audi A3 8P 2.0 TDI...
« Reply #288 on: 13 December 2010, 11:41 »
Are your wheels the original Audi finish or have they been refurbed? They look slightly darker than mine  :undecided:

Yeah they have been (poorly) refurbed in the past before :)

Where they were done, the paint is chipping off in places to reveal the lighter silver underneath. Really need to pull my finger out and refurb them but I'm holding off til spring time when its warmer! All of them are curbed from a previous owner of the car they came from and look a state up close, but they will do for now. I think they're reps anyway as the have a slight concave on the face and are 8.5" wide et38, whereas I think the standard ones are 7" and a higher offset :huh: Not too sure.. but they came off an A4 so the fronts poke slightyl :rolleyes: Could do with 3 or 5 mm spacers on the back to level it out really, adding to the list :sad:

Same here; few marks from the previous owner and one from myself  :embarassed:  I like the colour of yours and I'm tempted to go the same with mine  :smiley:

Mine are 7.5J but not sure of the offset  :undecided: 

Spacers for the rear are on my list too  :rolleyes:

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Re: Project Slow - Audi A3 8P 2.0 TDI...
« Reply #289 on: 13 December 2010, 11:59 »
Shame I don't know what the colour is though dude! I like it, debating whether to do them slightly darker or slightly lighter, but think that this is just about right :undecided:

Ah thought they were 7" :rolleyes: 7.5 is pretty reasonable for stock alloys :shocked: Makes me laugh when I see a ford KA or something with like 4" wheels :laugh:

I think its annoying how far the rears stick in compared to the fronts :sad: